Listing books by Martin Gardner
Full title | Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions [permalink] |
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Language | English |
Author | Martin Gardner (author) |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Categories | Mathematics and puzzle |
Publication year | 1965 |
Original publication year | 1959 |
ISBN | 0-14-02-0713-9 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 154 |
Synopsis | Based on articles written for Scientific American, every chapter has an addendum, explaining further points or elaborating new ones, and some chapters have letters from people sent in after the article in question was published. |
Review | An awesome book with lots of interesting things. Read the chapter titles in the Structures for a preview. |
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Full title | More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions [permalink] |
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Language | English |
Author | Martin Gardner (author) |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Categories | Mathematics and puzzle |
Publication year | 1963 |
Original publication year | 1961 |
ISBN | 0-14-02-0748-1 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
Pages | 186 |
Synopsis | This book is written in the same vein as Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions. |
Review | I truly loved this book. My favorite chapters are The Five Platonic Solids, Mazes, and Eleusis: The Induction Game. |
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